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Aug. 21, 1934. A. NOSAN SAW TOOTH CUTTING AND SHARPENING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25, 1933 6 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Aug. 21, 1934.-

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SAW TOOTH CUTTING AND SHARPENING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25, 1953 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 mun A TTORNEV .saws, hand saws and circular saws. cated it can be used to sharpen existing saw Patented Aug. 21, 1934 F I 1370,8 41 SAW TOOTH CUTTING AND-SHARPENING MACHINE.

Anton Nosan, Cleveland, Ohio Application August 25; 1933, Serial No. 686.675 Claims. (ems-41 This invention relates to a machine for sharpening or cutting the teeth of saws, and it is applicable to saws of various kinds, such as band As indior tocut new teeth in saw stock. 3

By'means to be described adjustments mayv be made to vary 'theset and angle of the teeth;

Io. or to cut a series of teeth running from coarse to fine on the same saw.

Means are also provided for performing' the various operations automatically, by means of motor driven devices which can be started and which will continue to operate until the work is done. I x Various other objects and advantages will'be apparent from the following specification and the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is .a top plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front tails in perspective of guide brackets for band.

saws. Fig. 13 is a detail view of a clamp and feeding device for a band saw. Fig. 14is a side elevation of an attachment for sharpening circular saws. Figs. 15, 16 and 17 are details of theifeedi'ng mechanism, in different positions.

Fig. 18 is a detail in section. of parts of the devices for oscillating the grinding wheel orfile according to the angle of the teeth in cross-cut saws. Fig. 19.is a detail of another partiof the. same mechanism, in inactive position, as when} --sharpening a rip saw. Fig.20 is a detail of the same mechanism in active position as when sharpening a cross-cutsaw. Fig. 21 showsthe grinding wheel or file appliedto a circular saw Figs. 2! and .3, drops through the hole 35 into i.

Fig. 22" is a detail in section.

g The frame indicated at an; or a size and shape 'to support the parts hereinafter described;

Power is shown derived from anelectric motor 7 the shaft of which, by belt 8, drives pulley '9" on the "main shaft 10 whichextends lengthwise of the machine. Or. thewheel 9"may be turned by a crank handle 9a.". The rotation of the shaft ,10 is' transmitted by a sprocket 11 and chain belt 12 'to a sprocket 13on a short shaft 14, and by a sprocket 115m said shaft by a chain belt 16 to a sprock'et'll, on a shaft 18'. The'shaft 14 is supported bypivoted arms or fram'e's'130 and"131 to .-b e hereinafter described. Shaft 18 ismounted in 'bearingsin a vertically movable frame to be described, and is connected by auniversal joint 19to a slip shaft section 20 (perm'itting longitudinal extension) and this section 20 is connected by another universal joint 21 to the shaft 22'which carries the grinding wheel or ffile j'23. The grinding wheel may thus be driven at speed by the means described.

, .The shaft 22 turns in a hearing at the upper end ,of a bracket 24 which projects from a head 25 at the upperend of a shaft 26 which can be oscillated to turn the wheel 23 to the right or leftaccording tolthe set of the teeth in a crosscutfs'avv 'fo'r'exa'mple. The shaft 26 can also be-raised or lowered as will be hereinafter described. The shaft 26 is supported in bearings in;a sleeve. 27. mounted beside a fixed part 611.

of 'the'inain frame. A spring 28 pressing against janin'uts'ZQ on the shaft 26, normally holds the shaft 26' and sleeve 27 in related position. 22a is an oil cup for the bearing of the shaft 22.

.Themeans for oscillating the shaft 26, and consequently the wheel 23, comprise a rod 30 which recip'rocate's in guides 30d on the main frame and isconnected at its inner end by a pivot pin 32 to one of the selected links 31 shownfin Figs. 8.9 and 10. The link is connected' at its other end to a crank arm 33 whichissphned on the lower end of the shaft 26. 'The crank arm '33 has a horizontal slot or "recess '34 into which the nose or end 36 of the link.31 projects, and the crank arm also has ,a vertical hole, or recess 35 which intersects thehorizontal slot 34. The end 36 of the lir1k .131 has a hole orslot 37, which as shown in *Figs. 8, .9 and 10 may be of various lengths according to the throw or desired oscillation of the shaft 26. Connection between the link 31 and the crank arm 33 is effected by means of 'a latch 38 which has a depending finger 39 which when the latch is lifted, as shown the hole *37 and thereby connects the link 31 to the crank arm '33. When the latch lever is thrown down as shown in Fig. 19, the connection is broken, and the link 31 will move idly in the slot 34. The latch 38 is pivoted at 40 on across ,pin 41projecting from the end of alock pin 42 which extends through a guide 43 on the crank arm33 and is arranged to engage at its inner end in a notch 44 in a part of the frame 45. A spring 46,7is in compression between the guide 43 and a nut 47 on the pin 42. The latch 38 has acam'face or knuckle 38a, so that when mounted thereon and a bevel pinion '58 it is tripped it will stay in position one way or the other by the pressure of the spring 46. When the pin 42 is engaged in the notch 44, as by throwing the latch handle 38 down, the crank arm 33 and shaft 26 are locked against oscillation, and the wheel 23 is held at a fixed angle, the finger 39, by the same action of the latch, being disengaged from the hole 37, When the latch handle is throtsm up, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the finger 39 is 'en'gagedin'th'e hole 37 and the pin 42 is disengaged-from-the notch 44, and consequently the shaft 46 and,

the grinding wheel 23 will be oscillated accord length of the slot 37 in the selectedlink 31.

7 The'rod 30 is formed with a yoke1'50" carry ing two rollers 51 between-which operates a cam;- 52 mounted on a horizontal shaft 53 supported by the main frame, and this shaft 53"'carries" a gear wheel 54 meshing with a gear 55 on a shaft 56 which extends *rrmnnm "to' rear and is supported by'the main frame andfwhichis driven (see Figs. 1 and 16)" byja:bevel gear 57 on'the inner end of, the main shaft 10.]

By the means justdescribed thewheel 23 can be oscillated more or lessorj allowedto remain at a fixed angle, 'accordingto' the nature'of the work in hand. I j j a j 1 In Figs. 1 and 2 a band saw isishown "This saw 60 is looped around'a pair of brackets 61 and 62 which carryrollers 63 over which the saw travels; .The'brackets 61 and 62. areifixed.

on whichfa clamp member 67' is .niounted'f by pins 63 setting in'holes'in' the lugs so that it can be lifted off when desired."fTheclamp 67 is formed with 'U-shaped' arms 69 which overhang thesaw. The front" ends: of these'arms support a clamping plate 70, and the semis confined or guidedbetween the 'said plate and the main part of the member'tfi'l." The plate 70 is carried by screws 71 whereby it can be tightened more or lessj againsflthe.saw. The plate '70 has a pair of small rollers fl 0a .'flconfined in recesses '72 so that the rollers willpress' againsttheside of the saw 60,'as shown in Fig.

22. The saw is backed whil'e it is 'held 'in the clamp. by a block "13 againstwhich the back edge of the saw presses, and this block isadjustable by a handle andscrew 74 which works i through a bracket75 on the'clampingmember and engages a threaded lug ,76 onf the plate '73. By adjusting the block; widths are accommodated} H The saw is fed toothby toothjby means of a dog which engagesthe teeth of the'saw and is normally" held against the saw bya. spring 81 coiled around its pivot, but "which can held out of contact with the saw whendesired, by a latch 82. The dog 80 is pivoted to a sliding plate .83 which is located, onYthe inner side of the bridge 64, and has reduceduendsfl i sliding in guides 85 fixed to the rearj'side'of the bridge. The plate 83 is reciprocated by connection to a link rod 86 by means of a bolt.8'l, which extends through a curveds1ot'33fin the rod 86.

One end of the rod 86'is'guided bya'pihBQ and slot.90'. Thectherend of the rod 86 ispivoted to'a 'nu't -bloek' 91. "(see Fig. 16)f"'wl iich travels.

on a 'screw 92 which canbe turned tovary the saws of different throw of the feed according to the size of the teeth, this variation being permitted by the curved slot 88. The block 91 is carried between .the. plate 83 which carries the dog 80, and thus "thesaw will be fed tooth by tooth.

ing to the reciprocation of=-.the,;rod;30,--= the;ex-. tent of this oscillation varying according to the.

'It' is sometimes desirable to operate on saws :having teeth running from coarse to fine in v thesarne saw. To permit the use of the machine on such saws I provide an automatic device in connection with the feed mechanism. This consistsvof a slotted lever 97 pivoted at 98 to the rocker frame 93 and carrying a pawl 99 which engages aratchet 100on the screwr 92 so asto tur'n the screw while themachineis operating and thereby vary the throwofthe rocker. 'The extent of this variation is controlled by'a set screw 101 .formedwith a pin 102 which can be mounted and setin'a slot 103 inan arm104 forming a part of the frame." This pm 102 will" then engage in a slot 105 in the. arm 97, andas the rocker 'arm 93 oscillates it carrieswith' it the lever'97 the extent of movement of which is accordingly governed by the position'of the pin 102 inth'e slot 105.1 A'scale 106 is provided on the arm 104 to indicate the position of the pin 102 and accordingly the amount of variation which is transmitted through the, pawl 99 and ratchet 100't0' the screw 92.

It is" of .course essential that the grinding wheel 23be made tolift and drop as the saw is' fed along and to do'this I provide a lever ,132 which is pivoted at 133 in the lowerpart'of the fixed frame. 'This lever is rocked by the,

lever 132. By turning the wheel,13 8 the throw, of the lever'132 can be varied by setting the scale 106a according to the depthfof the teeth to be cut. The other end of the lever is con? nected to a frame 141 with a' pivotin f r -ed. arm 141a guided by rods 142 and 143, th f m moving in guides 144 projecting-from the fixed frame portion 6a and. carryingat its upper end a beam or-bar 145 connected to a slide 146 which carries the bearings 147 for the shaft 18.

The beam or-bar 145 is also attached to the sleeve 27. The lift of the lever 132 producedfby" the cam 95 as shown in Fig. 17 therefore raises the frame 141, the rod 142, the beam 145 and the parts carried thereby to lift the wheel 23 to contact with the saw as each tooth is adparts after each lift.

vanced to position. A spring 148 returns the For sharpening a hand saw. the brackets. 61 and" 62; may be removed'from' the .bridge "and also the clamp and {other parts supported' by j the bracket H 67, and a simple form of clamp substituted as shown in Fig.13 consisting ofa' guide bar 150' carried by overhanging arms 151. attachedfto thebridgeg'the same form' of fe'ed- 150 ingidevice including ado'gf 80"being used.

at each operation of the lever, the motion offl? bridge 64 and which can be turned by hand to shift the guide bar and the saw engaged by the clamp, to exactly position the saw with respect to the wheel. This can be used also in cutting new teeth in saws.

For a circular saw the band saw devices are removed and the parts shown in Fig. 14 substituted. These comprise a bracket 160 supported by lugs 161 on one of the legs 65 and said bracket supports a frame 162 having guide rods 163 upon which is slidably mounted a sub-frame 164 which can be adjusted by a screw 165 to vary the position of the teeth of the saw 166 with respect to the grinding wheel 23 so as to grind either undercut teeth of V-shaped teeth. The saw is mounted on a boxing 167 carried by a minor frame 168 which is adjustable by a screw 169 and handle 170 to vary the distance of the boxing so as to accommodate circular saws of various diameters.

It is sometimes desirable to cut entirely new teeth in a saw and for this purpose I employ a supplemental slide 122 located between the bridge 64 and the slide bar 83, and this plate 122 has pivoted thereto several sets of dogs 121 which normally are passed up by springs so that they will engage the plain edge of the blade being cut with sufficient friction to step it along. These dogs may be thrown out of action, in ordinary operation, by a slide 120, operated by handle 123, and having projections 120a, which when the plate 120 is shifted by the handle will press the dogs 121 down out of action, and hold them so. The movement of the plate 120 is guided by guide 126 and screws 127.

For some purposes I may also employ a supplemental or pulling dog a operated by the slide plate 83 and which may be snapped up or down into or out of engagement with the saw teeth and so used instead of the ordinary dog I and above the frame, means to guide a straight saw along the bridge with its teeth presented downwardly, means to'feed a saw in the guide, a rotary grinding wheel to operate on the saw, and means to raise and lowen the wheel to and from the saw.

2. The combination stated in claim 1, and

means to automatically oscillate the wheel to operate on teeth at different angles.

3. The combination stated in claim 1, the

means to feed the saw including a reciprocating bar and a dog carried thereby engageable with the saw teeth.

4. The combination stated in claim 1, and means to operate the feed and the lift and drop of the wheel, comprising a shaft and a single cam thereon operating both of said means.

5. In a saw feeding device for a saw sharpening machine, the combination of a rocker, means connected thereto to feed the saw, and

means to vary the effective throw of the rocker.

while it is in operation, said means including a screw carried by the rocker, a lever pivoted on the rocker, a pawl and ratchet device carried by the rocker between the lever and the screw, and a settable actuating pin mounted on the frame of the machine and engageable with the lever to vary its throw.

6. In a saw sharpening machine, the combination of a saw guide, a rotary grinding wheel movable up and down to and from the saw, a

flexible shaft on which the wheel is mounted,

an oscillating support for said shaft, and means to move said support and shaft up and down,-

and means to rotate the shaft, the means to rotate the shaft being extensible to accommodate the up and down movement.

'7. The combination statedin claim 6, the extensible means including belt gearing and a jointed frame supporting said gearing. Y

8. The combination stated in claim 6, the ex-. tensible means including a jointed frame consisting of two sections pivoted together and a shaft at the joints, and belts between the respective shafts. V

9. In a saw sharpening. machine, the combination of a saw guide, a reciprocating saw feeding bar, a rocker, a connecting rod between the rocker and the bar, the connecting rod being adjustable with respect to the rocker to vary the stroke of the bar, and means to automatically vary the adjustment while the rocker is in operation to act on teeth running from coarse to fine.

10. The combination with means to guide and feed a saw, of a rotary grinding wheel movable to and from the saw, and means to oscillate the wheel comprising a rock shaft supporting the wheel shaft, a reciprocating rod, a crank connection between the rod and the rock shaft, the connection between the rod and the crank including a latch which may be engaged or disengaged, and a locking pin operated by the latch and arranged to prevent movement of the rock shaft when the latch is disengaged.

ANTON NOSAN. 

